At Work With...James Trumbo

POSITION: Operations coordinator, School of Arts and Sciences Facilities Services

YEARS AT PENN: 4

WHAT HE DOES: Need to move stuff? SAS departments and offices can call on Trumbo and his staff to do the job. Need good used office furniture? They can pull a desk, chair or file cabinet out of the school’s warehouse. Here’s Trumbo working with crew member Ryshee McCoy (left) on a move in the McNeil Building. He can also arrange for a school-owned van to pick up scholars and others visiting SAS departments.

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Quoted Recently

“More companies are asking how they can separate themselves from the organization and instead tighten their connection to the game. The brand of FIFA is problematic but the game of soccer is still popular.”

— Kenneth L. Shropshire, director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative, on how the FIFA corruption scandal has caused some sponsors to be less concerned about partnering with the powerful soccer organization. FIFA tends to have the most leverage when negotiating deals with companies, but experts are wondering whether sponsors will be able to demand clauses that allow them to leave in cases of corruption. (The Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2015)